Because Douglas didn't mind the creation of new slave-states, if the local people voted for it.
Because everyone wanted to have an equal say in how the country was run and if the bigger states had more representation, then the smaller states´ point of view would be overlooked and they would be oppressed
Answer:
A. Rich and educated
Explanation:
Their ideology was "Agrarianism, American nationalism, Anti-clericalism, Jeffersonianism, Liberalism, Classical liberalism, Populism, Republicanism", and these are the things backed by (of the four options) the rich and educated.
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